Wahl Professional Animal Thick Coat Pet Clipper & Dog Clipper (#9787-300) – Dog Hair Remover – Grooming Clippers for Dog, Cat & Pets – for Thick Haired Dogs & Pets – 2 Speeds – Pink

Like butter–worth it 100% on fluffy CATS
I hope this helps you. I didn’t get these for free–it’s an honest review of life-changing clippers. If you have a large breed cat and a lot of fluff to trim off an impatient cat? Yes, these are your clippers. Worth it.Why I chose these clippers: I have a fluffy CAT with an undercoat that is bunny-fur-soft but dense, kinky-wavy in texture, and it jams up most clippers with each pass. This fur is prone to tangled knots and matting. In appearance, he’s like a Norwegian. His father was a Persian, so he inherited that challenging-textured fluff. The outer coat is easy–like a Maine Coon and slick, smooth. He’s also 18 pounds. He’s a lot of cat to wrangle, if he’s not having it.Yes!! These clippers are a dream come true! They go through the thick fur so quickly and easily! I was astonished, truly– at how well these worked! Not because of doubting Wahl quality, but because of the struggle it’s been for 5 years to manage the cat’s tangles and avoid them. And, the hard-to-manage bum area. Fluffy cat parents know about this. You’re gonna be over the moon when you get these clippers. Sanitary trim in one minute, and kitty didn’t try to fight me. You could probably spend slightly longer, but I don’t usually get very much time to do that part of the trim before kitty gets mad. He’s very happy later on, but not right then.The design of the unit makes the thick fur fall away from the clipper blades, so it never clogs. I mean, the fur really falls away as you are GLIDING the clippers through dense fur–and then when you pull the clippers away from the cat to work on another area, there is NO fur stuck to the clippers, that needs to be removed before you can continue. There is NO tugging whatsoever.I usually have to bribe kitty cat to get him to even tolerate a few minutes of getting a trim. It usually also takes 2 or more weeks to fully trim his body. Normally, we can only do small sections at a time, and he needs a break in between trims. But, he gets special treats as the haircut day bribe, with the treat in one hand while I’m using the clippers with the other hand. (The bribe is Churro or Delectables, in the tube, given only during trims.) No it’s not easy, and we both get frustrated, and I occasionally would get bitten when the old clippers tugged. I don’t get angry, I stop and apologize and we’re done for the day. The point is to associate the trims with happy food moments and to be kind to kitty cat, right? This cat never holds still during the trims. He tries to back away or move out of range, but still eat the treat. In the past, kitty would get tangles in between trimmings, because of the length difference between trimmed and untrimmed fur. One time, he started getting matted in between trims. I swore I’d never let that happen again. But sometimes kitty won’t have a trim, and you have to respect that.To be able to trim almost the entire body in literally 7-8 minutes is WOW. I’ve got to say, I am so grateful to Wahl for these clippers, and I’m so happy that kitty is so happy.The clippers aren’t very loud. It took me 5 months to be able to have kitty stay in the room when any clippers were switched on, and another 3 months to have him accept being touched by them. That was over 4 years ago when I started this process. The inexpensive rechargeable clippers I started with were louder than the electric clippers. So, as you go up in price to more powerful motors that can go through the thick fur and not overheat, you gain kitty’s trust. When it’s easier for kitty, your life is easier.The color isn’t pink so much as a more purpley-orchid hue. If you care. I don’t–I just wanted clippers that did what we needed them to do. We’re not going to a cat show. We are getting through summer months with comfort, and year-round without knots or mats.I am also going to try out longer-length trims with other blades. I learned that the higher the number, the shorter the hair. This clipper comes with a 7F blade, which is longer than the #10 that came with the SS Pro clippers I’ve bought before these. That’s too short for fluffy cats. The comb attachments for that model were stainless steel and it’s a high quality clipper, but it wasn’t working well enough on kitty’s thick fur. This 7F blade is amazing. I might try a different blade so the winter haircut isn’t as short. Not that kitty would freeze. His undercoat is very insulating, even when it’s under a half inch in length.I hope this helps another frustrated cat parent. This is one purchase that pays for itself and I have discussed this whole issue with the Vet. She approved highly of the whole scenario I’ve told you about. The safety is most important, and not cutting the cat’s very delicate skin is critical. Giving kitty a shave is work–and it’s risky. Giving kitty a lightning fast & less traumatic haircut is excellent. So, literally, this is Vet approved and kitty friendly.

only worked for one grooming
the clippers seemed to be working great but kept overheating and conking out. made it thru one groom of my golden doodle, that literally took four hours, but clippers have not worked since. sending them back to wahl. wish me luck!

Light and smooth
These are light weight and the cut is smooth. My only negative is the blade tends to heat up a little quickly. Overall I’m happy.

Only lasted a couple of months then stopped working well
Worked great for 3 trims then stopped cutting hair. I clean and oil after each use. When cutting my dogs hair this 4th time was dragging and pulling the hair rather than cutting it. Now I’m left with a half trimmed dog, and I will have to run out to the pet store to spend even more money to finish the job. For how much this trimmer, extra blades and guards cost, I would have expected it to last a lot longer than a few months. Of course I’m past the return window and will have to tell myself I broke even compared to professional grooming costs.